Schick Cue: Burton Spain Tribute Fullsplice

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Hi all,

I recently acquired this rare and unique Schick cue made by Bill Schick in 2012 which was on display at the ICCS show in Las Vegas last November. The full splice blank was made
by his good friend Burton Spain and Bill was provided the opportunity to make the blank into a wrapless tribute to his friend.

Bill Schick and Burton Spain were longtime friends, and over the years Bill has told me several times of the treasured friendship he had with Burton, and how Burton liked not only to golf
but also really liked poetry. According to Bill, on more than one occasion Burton "dragged" him off to listen to poetry readings at some locale.

The four windows in the buttsleeve: Burton Spain; Cue Maker; Poet; Golfer . I find the cue has a whole lot of "Burton", and just enough "Bill" in it.

I acquired the cue at the Derby a few weeks ago, and am really pleased to have the cue in my collection. I find myself picking the cue up over and over again, and finally decided to post
the cue here in the Gallery. It is one of my favorite cues.

The pictures were taken at the ICCS by Kevin Brewer, and herein I am pirating them for this thread. I sure cannot take pictures this good, and am really glad Kevin took some pictures of the cue at the ICCS.
Thanks Kevin!!

Will Prout
 

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Great Tribute

Will, you have a great cue there by a great cuemaker. During our training together, Burt often talked about his golf and his best friend Bill Schick. I sure wish Burt was still with us today, it would be a blast to play golf with Bill and Burt and afterword try to figure out how they won all my money. :)


Joel Hercek
 
Thanks

qmakr said:
Will, you have a great cue there by a great cuemaker. During our training together, Burt often talked about his golf and his best friend Bill Schick. I sure wish Burt was still with us today, it would be a blast to play golf with Bill and Burt and afterword try to figure out how they won all my money. :)


Joel Hercek
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Joel,

I find your comment added to this thread about your dear friend Burt to be priceless, and I have just printed a copy of your post to keep in my files.

Burt was one of the most incredible people to ever be part of this wonderful world of billiards, and he was especially fortunate to have been able to enjoy you and Bill as his best friends.

Thanks for posting.

Will Prout
 
when I saw this Cue first time I want it too
congrats to buy this one my Friend.
Joel, as I'm on your list maybe we can make near same Cue again:wink:
Ralf
 
Thank you for sharing the cue and drawing Joel out of the AZ shadows. Great cue and the right guy has it.

Todd
 
Schick

Beautiful and unique piece. Now all you have to do is pair it up with the Hercek tribute.

Chris
 
ibuycues said:
Hi all,

The pictures were taken at the ICCS by Kevin Brewer, and herein I am pirating them for this thread. I sure cannot take pictures this good, and am really glad Kevin took some pictures of the cue at the ICCS.
Thanks Kevin!!

Will Prout
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Aaahhhhhaaaaa now yer a pirate. Aaaarrrrrrrhhh

Thats an awesome cue from an awesome cuemaker honoring an awesome cuemaker and friend. What an awesome story.... Did i say awesome ????

I still have the last two blanks from burt a fullsplice and a shorty i was working on when i heard he passed. Man time flies.

Billiardly yours john.

Ps. Awesome
 
What an incredible piece of cuemaking history. Congrats Will, and thanks for sharing on the forum.
 
Will, I was lucky enough to see that special cue in person at the ICCS show. It's a priceless piece! It tells a wonderful story of cuemaking and friendship between two Hall of Fame cuemakers. Bill has told me alot about the golf stories between Burton and himself. Huge Congratualtions to you Will!
 
Schick!

A timeless piece of History! Congratulations on your acquisition, and best of all getting Mr. Hercek and Mr. Showman to come out of the woodwork to give a comment.
Thank you for sharing not only this cue, but the many great ones over the years!
 
I was lucky enough to have Will show me this cue at the recent Midwest tournament and not only is it really cool from the history and design. It also feels like it will be one hell of a player from a weight and balance perspective.

Thanks for sharing Will.

-don
 
This thread is remarkable ! Fantastic cue... Congratulations for having the pleasure of such a cue! N all the greats are make their comments! One of the beat threads ever! Once again congratulations!
 
This is one of the best story I heard in a long time. Bill make some beautiful cue and that is an awesome blank from Great cue maker Mr. Spain. Unique one to add to your collection Will. Congat.

Kenny
 
hey

Will, thats a great story to hear...we need more of those. Bill did a great job as usual, and the cue ended up with the right home.
Steve





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